The makers of Suriya-Karthik Subbaraj's upcoming action adventure drama film Retro, dropped the first single 'Kannadi Poove' on Thursday.

The song, set in a prison, has Suriya's character wallowing about his separation from his lady love and yearns for his release from the prison to be back with her. Composed and sung by Santhosh Narayanan along with Kapil Kapilan, the song is penned by Vivek.

The earlier released teaser of Retro shows Suriya as someone who is short-tempered and is given to violence, who promises to make amends to his girlfriend, played by Pooja Hegde, to save his relationship.

Produced by Suriya-Jyotika's 2D Entertainment and Karthik Subbaraj's Stone Bench Films, Retro also stars Jayaram, Nasser, Prakash Raj, Sujith Shankar, Karunakaran, Tamizh, Prem Kumar, Ramachandran Durairaj, Sandeep Raj, Murugavel, and Remya Suresh, among others.

With Santhosh Narayanan as the music composer, the technical crew of the film crew comprises cinematographer Shreyaas Krishna, editor Shafique Mohamed, art director Jackson, action choreographer Kecha Khamphakdee, and costume designer Praveen Raja. Retro is all set for release in theatres on May 1.

In addition to Retro, Suriya has also started working on his 45th film, directed by RJ Balaji.